Explore evolving trends in human trafficking and practical strategies for prevention, intervention, and prosecution. Participants will examine risk factors, investigative approaches, victim support strategies, the role of technology in investigations, and community-based solutions. Special focus is given to strengthening investigation and prosecution efforts. Through case studies and collaboration exercises, attendees will develop actionable plans to enhance responses in their own communities.
Provide participants with the knowledge and tools to better serve victims of crime. The goal of this conference is to provide examples of positive victim assistance programs as well as resources for multidisciplinary approaches to serving victims of crime. Attend this conference to build upon your services and systems to best fit the needs of our communities.
This intensive three-day training program is designed to provide advanced strategies for effectively investigating, supporting and prosecuting domestic violence cases. Participants will gain a deeper understanding of the complexities of domestic violence-related cases, including working with non-cooperative victims, assessing risk, and gathering critical evidence from the start. The course emphasizes practical skills for conducting investigations, victim support, and courtroom preparation. Through expert-led discussions and case studies, attendees will leave with actionable tools to enhance their approach and improve outcomes in domestic violence related cases.
Explore strategies for conducting death investigations that occur from several origins. Learn how to evaluate the crime scene, conduct effective interviews and interrogations, develop case leads, utilize investigative resources (crime laboratories, medical examiners), and comprehend medical autopsies.
Examine suspicious death case studies based on the experiences of a homicide detective and forensic pathologist. Identify key scene findings, review actual cases and correlate these findings to the autopsy results. This course will discuss improving case outcomes through strong relationships between investigating agencies and the medical examiner’s office. Students will gain appreciation of how unique case features can affect the direction of the investigation. The ultimate resolution of each case examined will be considered and applied lessons learned are shared during the course.
Join us for an intensive training focused on understanding and building relationships between the forensic pathologist, homicide investigator, and prosecutor in successfully investigating and prosecuting child homicide cases. Learn autopsy protocols, forensic essentials, and the criticality of determining the cause and manner of death. Understand the unique aspects of investigating a child homicide including interviewing and interrogation, suspect pool development and the role and importance of the prosecutor in gaining appropriate convictions.
Improve investigative techniques and prosecutorial efforts needed to successfully decipher unresolved and cold cases. Explore essential investigative, forensic and prosecution methodologies through the dissection of actual cases, best practice examples, interactive discussions, and contemporary resources. Learn proven strategies to avoid complications that are detrimental to the prosecution of cold cases. Discuss practices relevant to the establishment and maintenance of an efficient cold case unit.
Join us at this national conference, which focuses on identifying innovative and effective technologies, approaches and strategies in the search, investigation, identification, recovery, and reunification of missing persons, regardless of the circumstances surrounding their disappearance. You will gain knowledge and proficiency in evidence-based, state-of-the-art, and collaborative solutions, and explore tools and techniques from the initial response through recovery and resolution, vital to the missing and their families. The conference will also examine the complex and multifaceted nature of missing person cases and the unique needs of vulnerable population groups such as aging individuals, persons with differing abilities, indigenous/native populations, victims of trafficking, veterans and active military, transient populations, and others.
We are excited to share our fourth edition of 2026 for the NCJTC Compass Newsletter! This issue highlights National Child Abuse Prevention Month, recap of the 2026 MUPC Conference and our 2025 Impact Report! You'll find upcoming training opportunities, new NCJTC Impact and newsworthy stories.
We are excited to share our third edition of 2026 for the NCJTC Compass Newsletter! This issue highlights our 2026 CSS Conference, AMBER Alert trainings and snapshots from NCJTC in the field. You'll find upcoming events that NCJTC will be at and news about our next TUYS.